Category Archives: Reviews

Review of Queen of Swords by R. S. Belcher

Posted on September 13, 2017 by scarywhitegirl

A review by Dusty Wallace Queen of Swords is the third book in R. S. Belcher’s Golgotha series, and none of it takes place in Golgotha. For fans of that bizarre little frontier town in Nevada, that’s sort of a … Continue reading →

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Review of Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente

Posted on August 30, 2017 by scarywhitegirl

Six-Gun Snow White (Subterranean Press, 2013; reprinted by Saga Press, 2015) by Catherynne M. Valente is a brilliant retelling of the story of Snow White set against an Old West backdrop. But the story is also more than a retelling, … Continue reading →

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Review of Iron Edda: Sveidsdottir by Tracy Barnett

Posted on August 16, 2017 by scarywhitegirl

Iron Edda: Sveidsdottir by Tracy Barnett (2015, Exploding Rogue Studios) was a novel born out of a 2013 Kickstarter campaign. While I love both Norse mythology and steampunk fantasy, this book was not entirely what I hoped it would be. … Continue reading →

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Review of Starfall by Jessie Kwak

Posted on August 9, 2017 by scarywhitegirl

Starfall by Jessie Kwak (2016) is an exciting action and adventure novella set in a fascinating world of intrigue and organized crime in space. The Durga System, where the book takes place, is a system settled by refugees from Earth, … Continue reading →

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Review of The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne Valente

Posted on July 26, 2017 by scarywhitegirl

The Refrigerator Monologues (Saga Press, 2017) by Catherynne Valente is a beautiful, but challenging, read. The difficulty is not in the writing, but rather in the content, as the narrative follows the women who have been part of a super … Continue reading →

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Review of Cassilda’s Song

Posted on July 5, 2017 by scarywhitegirl

Cassilda’s Song (Chaosium, 2015), edited by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., contains 18 tales of the mythos of the King in Yellow, all written by female authors. These stories explore many facets of Cassilda, one of the characters from Robert W. … Continue reading →

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Review of Call of Cthulhu: The Coloring Book

Posted on June 21, 2017 by scarywhitegirl

Today, we’re venturing into new territory for Mad Scientist Journal, as co-editor Dawn and illustrator Leigh share their thoughts on the Call of Cthulhu coloring book from Chaosium. While Dawn has been reviewing prose books for a while, this is her first … Continue reading →

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Review of Behind the Mask

Posted on June 7, 2017 by scarywhitegirl

Behind the Mask (Meerkat Press, 2017) is a collection of twenty super hero stories, but you won’t find a lot of knock-down, drag-out fights between heroes and villains in this anthology. Instead, Behind the Mask focuses on super heroes dealing … Continue reading →

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Review of Never Now Always by Desirina Boskovich

Posted on May 10, 2017 by scarywhitegirl

Never Now Always by Desirina Boskovich (Broken Eye Books, 2017) is a young adult novella that explores memory, time, and family. Lolo is one of the “rapt children,” young people who are studied by aliens known as the Caretakers. The … Continue reading →

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Review of The Shattered Queen by Jaym Gates

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Mad Scientist Journal

Jaym Gates’s collection, The Shattered Queen & Other New Mythologies: A Broken City Miscellany (Falstaff Books, 2016), is a collection of 26 short prose pieces, some of which are more lyrical or poetic than story, and others that create entire … Continue reading →

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